Informação: 2020 Plan and Budget to boost change that has taking place in the Azores in recent years, announces Vasco Cordeiro
The President of the Government assured today that the proposed Plan for 2020 aims to respond to the challenges the Region is facing in view of the changes occurred in the Azores since the beginning of the current legislative term. He also announced that the next Budget will enable the full use of the funds granted under the current Community Support Framework. “This will be the Plan that w... Mais >>

Informação: Vasco Cordeiro hears social partners and political parties on 2020 Plan and Budget proposals
The President of the Government will receive social partners and political parties next Friday at Santana Palace in Ponta Delgada with a view to preparing the proposals for the 2020 Plan and Budget, which will be presented at the Legislative Assembly at the end of October. Vasco Cordeiro, accompanied by the Vice-President of the Government, Sérgio Ávila, receives from 8 AM, the Azores Fi... Mais >>

Informação: Territorial cooperation projects of the Azores supported by six million-Euro Community fund
The Regional Director for Planning and Structural Funds revealed in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, the approval of 42 projects involving Azorean partners among 67 approved projects. They will be supported by the six million-Euro budget made available for the Azores from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Rui Amann represented the Azores in the second call of the Spain-Portugal MAC (Madeir... Mais >>

Informação: Budget execution in the Azores improves by 20.3 million Euros in the first four months of 2019
The Regional Director for the Budget and Treasury stated today that the budget execution in the Regional Public Administration consolidation perimeter has significantly improved its budget balance in the first four months of 2019 by 20.3 million Euros more than in the same period of 2018. "This improvement is the result of the goals set out by the Regional Government in its rigorous policies for... Mais >>

Informação: Budget execution in February registers positive balance of 21.5 million Euros
The Regional Director for the Budget and Treasury stated that the overall budget execution balance in the regional consolidation perimeter reached 21.5 million Euros in February over the same period of last year. According to him, this figure "evidences the policies pursued by the Regional Government to control public expenditure in view of the stability of regional public finances." "As in the pr... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government welcomes European Parliament's vote in favour of maintaining co-financing rate of 85% for Outermost Regions
The Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations expressed the Regional Government's satisfaction with the European Parliament's approval of the maintenance of the 85% co-financing rate for Outermost Regions. "The Government of the Azores welcomes the European Parliament's approval of the General Regulations on the next European Framework, especially because the European ... Mais >>

Informação: Hexagone project creates solid bases for cooperation growth post 2020, says Regional Director for European Affairs
The Regional Director for European Affairs stated in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary Islands that the Hexagone strategic project will create a "solid foundation" for pursuing joint initiatives that boost growth and employment, thus stimulating the "economic, social and cultural" revitalisation of Azores-Madeira-Canary Islands-Cape Verde-Senegal and Mauritania cooperation space post 2020. "In... Mais >>

Informação: Public investment in the Azores grows 11.5 percent in November
The investment in the Azores increased 11.5% in November compared to the same period of last year, reaching 358.2 million Euros. "The public investment carried out in the Region rose to 358.2 million euros, registering in November an implementation rate of 70.3%, i.e., a growth of 8.2 percentage points in comparison with the same period of the previous year," said the Vice-President of the Governm... Mais >>

Informação: Vasco Cordeiro participates in Committee of the Regions to adopt position on Cohesion and Community Funds
The President of the Government, Vasco Cordeiro, will participate in the plenary session of the Committee of the Regions to be held in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday. This advisory body to European institutions will discuss and adopt opinions on the future of Cohesion and the next Multiannual Financial Framework. This 132nd plenary meeting of the body representing the European Union regional ... Mais >>

Informação: Legislative Assembly approves Regional Investment Plan and Budget for 2019
The Regional Annual Plan and the Regional Budget for 2019 were approved today at the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in the city of Horta with the three parties voting in favour of it. Similar to the voting for next years' Regional Budget, the members of PS, CDS-PP and PCP parties voted for the 2019 Regional Annual Plan, while the members of PSD, BE and PPM parties vot... Mais >>